How many of these people are even in the country legally?
All hardworking New Yorkers should be outraged over this rampant abuse and fraud of the welfare system. This kind of abuse verifies that the people sucking on the government teet don’t really need the food stamps if they can afford to ship away food abroad.
This crime has to be stopped immediately and the perpetrators thrown in jail. Or better yet, DEPORTED!
“This is a blatant abuse of the welfare system, and it must be stopped,” Democratic Assemblyman Michael Cusick said. “This is an example of why we need legislation to curb abuses made with EBT [electronic benefit transfer] cards.”
Yesterday’s Post exposed how food-stamp recipients routinely scam the taxpayer-funded program by buying food for relatives living in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The rip-off is apparently so commonplace that giant plastic barrels used to pack up to $2,000 worth of provisions are sold in supermarkets across the Big Apple that cater to Caribbean immigrants.
Cusick was the Assembly sponsor of the Public Assistance Integrity Act, which passed the GOP-led Senate but didn’t clear the Democrat-controlled Assembly before this year’s legislative session ended last month. The proposal would prohibit welfare recipients from using cash assistance to pay for tobacco, alcoholic beverages, lottery tickets or gambling.
None of the city’s Democratic mayoral hopefuls would comment on the food-barrel scandal.
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